The aim of the project is to reconstruct the paleoceanographic development of the waters around Svalbard since 20 000 yrs BP. This will be done by studying a suit of marine sediment cores taken around Svalbard.

Education In this project we will live-capture white whales in Svalbard to address the following:
1. Space use over the entire annual cycle - to discern how these whales move in relation to sea ice, bathymetry, glacier fronts and oceanographic conditions.
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Research The OCTEL project aims to explore the ocean, sea-ice and atmosphere interactions both in the Southern Ocean and the northern North Atlantic in order to assess the manifestation of interhemispheric teleconnections and their influence on climate during last 11 700 years (the Holocene) with a …

Research The Arctic climate is warming and its changes affect the whole physical climate system. The regional patterns of temperature, declining snow cover and increasing precipitation are modulated by natural modes of the atmospheric circulation. …

Research Joint Norwegian - U.S. scientific ground traverse in East Antarctica. The field expedition involved scientific investigations along two overland traverses: one going from the Troll Station in Dronning Maud Land to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 2007-2008; and a return traverse by a …

Education The overall goal of this project is to determine the influence of climate variability and change on the energy transfer in the marine pelagic ecosystem in different water masses on the west coast of Spitsbergen. …

Monitoring This long-term project monitors the ocean currents and sea ice leaving the Arctic Ocean through Fram Strait. The project maintains a mooring array which provides a continuous, high-resolution time series of temperature, salinity, velocity and sea ice thickness measurements in the Arctic …

Assessment The aim of SvalGlac research project, developed within the European Science Foundation PolarCLIMATE programme, is to estimate how changes in climate can affect the future mass balance of Svalbard glaciers and, consequently, its contribution to sea-level rise. …

Research Primary objective:
The objective of N-ICE2015 is to understand how the rapid shift to a younger and thinner sea ice regime in the Arctic affects energy fluxes, sea ice dynamics and the ice-associated ecosystem, as well as local and global climate. …

Measurements of temperature and salinity of sea Water (CTD), ocean currents (ADSP) optical and acoustical properties of sea water, phito, zooplankton and benhos sampling in the area Norway-Spitsbergen, Storfjord and Storfjordrenna, West Spitbergen Current and Kongsfjord. Birds counting.

There is a lack of studies on how arctic ungulates respond behaviourally to climate-induced changes in resource availability. Understanding behavioural adaptations is needed to be able to predict population-dynamical responses. …

Research The main objective of this project is to quantify the links between physical mechanisms with biogeochemical processes in the Arctic Ocean mixed layer and sea ice, towards a better understanding of the effects of the thinner ice cover on the pack ice ecosystem.

Assessment AMAP is mandated:
• To monitor and assess the status of the Arctic region with respect to pollution and climate change issues.
• To document levels and trends, pathways and processes, and effects on ecosystems and humans, and propose actions to reduce associated threats for consideration …

The project operates jointly with the geological mapping activities of the Norwegian Polar Institute.
Two main purposes:
1. Increase knowledge about the extent of glacier ice during the last glaciation in the Northern Svalbard.
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Anthropogenic pollution and climate change are the two most significant threats for Arctic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Because of food chain biomagnification of lipophilic persistent organic pollutants (POPs), the polar bear is one of the species which have the highest levels …

Both down harvesting and climate can affect the populations of the common eider. Down harvesting is managed with so-called predator control. This means protecting the eiders while incubating the eggs, against the egg predators. …